HKUD “Široka Kula” Široka Kula
Ivan Starčević, Nikola Milinković, Nikola Rukavina – Lead Voice (prvi glas)
Kristina Zalović, Ana Marija Idžanović, Marija Borovac, Helena Starčević, Valeria Kapetanović, Nevenka Delač, Nikola Muhar, Mile Štampar, Mile Ćulumović, Matej Delač – Second Voice (pratnja)
Ivan Starčević, Matej Delač – Dangubica

Lyrics (ENG)

Velebit stretches over Lika
This is our dearest rose

A fine rain is falling down on me
From Smiljan to the village of Brušane

Hey, girl, I'm a guy from Kosinje
Would you like to have me over for the night?

I love one girl, and four girls love me
How crazy these little girls are!

I'm coming from prelo, some dog is barking at me
Get lost, dog, what do you want from me?

Oy, Kula, blooming apple tree
We won't give you to anyone in the world

One-two, op-sa-sa!

Lyrics (HR)

Velebit se iznad Like pruža
To je naša najmilija ruža

Ej što mene sitna kiša lije
Od Smiljana do sela Brušana

Ja sam curo iz Kosinja momak
Bi l' me htjela primiti na konak

Volim jednu, a četiri mene
Al su lude curice malene

Ja iz prela, kuja laje na me
Marš de kujo, što te briga za me

Aoj Kulo, jabuko u cvijetu
Ne damo te nikome na svijetu

Jedan-dva, op-sa-sa!

HKUD Široka Kula was founded in 2014, out of a desire to preserve and continue the traditions of the region. Along with a children's dance group, it has about 70 members, including residents of villages Perušić, Lički Osik, Gospić, Plitvička Jezera, with some members permanently living outside the region. The KUD members learn from old generations, singing the songs they found in the surrounding villages. The most important custom is ličko prelo. The repertoire includes bećarac, pjevanie uz dangubicu, rozgalica (ojkanje), and ring dances, including đikac kolo.

Široka Kula is a village in Lika-Senj County. It is located about 10 km northeast of Gospić. The villagers are engaged in shepherding and agriculture. Before the war in the 1990s, the majority of the inhabitants were Serbs; today the majority are Croats.

Lika is located between the Velebit mountain range (to the west) and Plješevica and Kapela (to the east). Administratively, it belongs to the following counties: Lika-Senj County, Šibenik-Knin County and Zadar County. Lika has a rich history and a unique musical culture, which has been preserved to this day.


“Velebit se iznad Like pruža” is a bećarac song – a genre typical for the tripoint of Croatia, Serbia, and Hungary, but popular also in Lika. It is sung to the accompaniment of different types of tambura guitars. In 2011, it was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as “Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia”. Here you can read more about this very vivid phenomenon: [ Ссылка ].

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